Highly efficient Pd-catalyzed synthesis of nitriles from aldoximes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1717-1719

  Kim, Hoo Sook ^a   Kim, Sung Hwan ^a   Kim, Jae Nyoung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aldoximes; Nitriles; Palladium

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ALDOXIME; NITRILE; PALLADIUM;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; ELIMINATION REACTION; OXIDATION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 60649085396     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.01.150     Document Type: Article

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